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The GSM Palm Pre that was spotted at FCC a while ago was actually meant for the Mexican market. The phone will be released on November 27th; after that we expect it to get unlocked, so that folks in the U.S. (AT&T and T-Mobile subscribers) could enjoy it too.

Just to let you know, Expansys is now selling the unlocked GSM Palm Pre to U.S. customers. Cool, right? No. The phone has European branding (O2, to be exact), European QWERTZ keyboard, and most importantly European 3G bands, which renders it useless on the American soil. You'll still get the same 3.1" multi-touch display, 3Mpix camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5mm headphone jack and 8GB of onboard storage, which is nice, but at a price of $714.

Canadian carrier Bell has lowered the price for its Palm Pre by CAD $50, which means the handset is now available for CAD $149.95 (about $143) on a 3-year contract. Of course, it's not as low as Sprint's $99.99 on 2-years deal, but still is a very welcomed pricecut.

Verizon has confirmed via it's official Twitter account that the popular Palm Pre will be available to VZW customers "early next year". Yay!

In case you didn't know, the first GSM Palm Pre is now available to O2 customers in Germany. The handset is avilable for €481 without contract, with the O2 My Handy option letting you finance it via 24 monthly payments of €20. The available calling plans and other relevant info you will find at the company's German site.

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Just in case you didn't bother to look, the Palm Pre is available at Amazon for just $100 on a new contract.

If you'll recall, O2 Germany was planning on releasing the GSM-based Palm Bre byfore the Holiday season. Well, they've kept their promise as now an updated image on the site clearly indicates that it's coming this fall. But since there's still no exact release date, we can't tell how soon it will be available.

Sprint has dropped the price for the oh-so popular Palm Pre last week. The handset is now available for just $149.99 including a $150 instant rebate plus a $100 mail-in rebate. It means you'll still have to pay $249.99 in the store to buy the device, and if you think that's much, try and find it at a cheaper price.

According to the Palm web OS Blog, the popular Palm Pre smartphone will be hitting the UK in the end of October. Of course, this is not confirmed, but sounds very reasonable, as pre-Christmas period is always hot for sales, and O2 definitely won't miss the occasion. Regarding the price... the source says it will be the same as the iPhone – which model, we don't know yet.